The Evaluation of Bone Mineral Density based on Age and Anthropometric Parameters in Southeast Chinese Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study

16 August 2020: Clinical Research

Rongrong Xuan ^1ABCE , Yang Song ^2BCEF , Julien S. Baker ^3BCEF , Yaodong Gu ^2ACFG*

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.923603

Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e923603

Table 3 Comparisons of age and anthropometric parameters between different groups of female and male participants.

Gender	Variable	Group			p-value	Post hoc test (p-value)			Power
		NG	OG2	OG1		Post hoc test (p-value)
		Mean±SD	Mean±SD	Mean±SD		NG/OG2	NG/OG1	OG2/OG1
Female	Age (yr)	39.66±8.29	41.94±8.99	47.21±8.76		0.03^*	^**	^***	0.99
	Height (m)	1.60±0.05	1.61±0.05	1.58±0.05	0.11	0.66	0.22	0.09	0.46
	Weight (kg)	56.90±7.20	56.54±7.28	53.86±6.12	0.10	0.87	0.08	0.15	0.46
	BMI (kg/m)	22.21±2.56	21.96±2.71	21.45±2.08	0.28	0.61	0.31	0.59	0.28
Male	Age (yr)	40.36±8.92	41.78±9.61	42.09±9.31	0.49	0.55	0.56	0.98	0.18
	Height (m)	1.72±0.06	1.70±0.06	1.70±0.05	0.10	0.09	0.33	0.94	0.42
	Weight (kg)	73.06±10.19	70.66±9.18	70.26±9.13	0.15	0.19	0.23	0.96	0.34
	BMI (kg/m)	24.72±3.19	24.41±2.83	24.17±2.73	0.56	0.74	0.54	0.87	0.13
NG – normal group; OG1 – osteoporosis group; OG2 – osteopenia group; BMI – body mass index; ^* indicates statistical significance between NG and OG2 (p ^ indicates statistical significance between NG and OG1 (p ^* indicates statistical significance between OG2 and OG1 (p